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<A HREF="CAD_using_en.htm">See operating CAD ..</A>


CAD functions:
Active CAD-Environment


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<h2>Active Construction Plane</h2>
The definition of the design plane
    (A User Coordinate System - UCS).
  For the definition you can use a plane or a pre-defined plane.
    (Pre-defined planes: RX or RY or RZ).
    (see CAD-PLN, <a href="CAD_PLN_en.htm">Definition planes</a>)

  After activation of the new construction-plane
   - "2D" in red is displayed left of the active coordinates,
   - the origin point of the chosen plane is the new coordinate origin
   - all coordinates displayed refer to the new coordinate-system


   To reset to the absolute coordinate system - Reset ConstrPlane


Example:
R20 = P(100 0 0) DX       # new origin (100 0 0); keep active X-axis
R20                       # activate R20 as new coordinate system.


See Example model sample_ucs1.gcad



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<h2>Reset ConstrPlane</h2>
Reset to the absolute coordinate system

Plane "RZ" defines the absolute coordinate system.
   Create with output code &quot;RZ&quot;




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